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In reply to the discussion: China Cases Top 20,000; U.S. Braces for Pandemic: Virus Update [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,075 posts)15. It is not the same lethality -
The calculated death rate counting all infections (even the ones diagnosed today) and all deaths is 2.069%. Those infected today are still likely to create some deaths, even though this calculation treats them as if the risk of deaht has passed - meaning the actual death rate is higher.
The average lethality for influenza is about 0.13%. That's 1/15 of the current (calculated) lethality of the coronavirus.
So both more lethal, and more infections.
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China Cases Top 20,000; U.S. Braces for Pandemic: Virus Update [View all]
left-of-center2012
Feb 2020
OP
The US is preparing for the Pandemic by knocking 100's of thousands off Medicaid. nt
yaesu
Feb 2020
#2
I've just been comparing the parentage of deaths of know cases to past epidemics/pandemics
yaesu
Feb 2020
#11
you will find all kinds of percentages from all kinds of sites so WHO really knows, pun intended. nt
yaesu
Feb 2020
#46
If we have the correct data. I think they have been hiding the true death rate for economic reasons
Pisces
Feb 2020
#44
So does that mean its about a 1.2% death rate rather than the 3% we were hearing?
cstanleytech
Feb 2020
#8
So we essentially have to hope that the Chinese and other governments are on the ball and
cstanleytech
Feb 2020
#23
What you have to remember is that China has been asked to use different criteria by the WHO.
58Sunliner
Feb 2020
#29
Hopefully natural selection does its thing and the surviving strains of the virus are less lethal.
roamer65
Feb 2020
#26
Well who knows what the real number of infected people is. I think it might be much higher.
58Sunliner
Feb 2020
#28
If you are taking an ARB (Angiotensin Receptor Blocker) for high blood pressure...
roamer65
Feb 2020
#31